Lance Armstrong has decided to come clean, so to speak. Since the big dopes life is essentially ruined, hes apparently going to admit it all and ask for forgiveness. And who better to give it to him that Oprah? Shes got him on January 17 from 9 to 10:30pm on the hard to find OWN channel. Good for her. It used to be that celebrities went to Larry King or Barbara Walters when they needed to eat crow publicly and return to the world....(snip) ...We will wait for the usual clips, leaks, and advance bites. PS Apparently the Showtime show, 60 Minutes Sports is also headlining a tremendous piece by Scott Pelley. Check it out at CBSNews.com...(snip)

LOS ANGELES -- Lance Armstrong has agreed to a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey where he will address allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career.

According to a release posted on Oprah's website on Tuesday, it's the first interview with Armstrong since his athletic career crumbled under the weight of a massive report by USADA detailing allegations of drug use by the famous cyclist and teammates on his U.S. Postal Service teams.

It's unclear if the interview at Armstrong's home in Austin, Texas, has already been taped. Nicole Nichols, a spokeswoman for Oprah Winfrey Network & Harpo Studios, declined comment.

The show will air at 9 p.m. EST on Jan. 17 on OWN and Oprah.com. (excerpt)

F that! I say you've lied this long, go down with the ship! Take it to your grave. Swallow that guilt way down and live out the rest of your life quietly, out of the public eye. But for heaven's sake don't whore yourself out to entertainment TV, taking a couple hundreds dollars a show to cry, and whimper and beg for forgiveness. You knew there could be consequences, you made your decision. You decided to cheat and win over and over and over again. Man up and live with it. When asked, reply stoically “I admit nothing.” or say nothing at all.

Things are *really* getting weird in this country. Some wackjob went on for no-telling-how-long on an American Thinker article the other day about “Father 0bama”, Jamie Fox calls 0bam his “lord & savior” & now this. :-/

Some of his recent tweets suggest his stance may be - he did what he had to do to win. After all, he as racing against a field of dopers and he only did what they did to level the playing field.

Not sure it’s going to fly with anyone though. He’d be missing the point that all doping in not created equal and maybe he just doped better then everyone else, not that he was really a better rider then everyone else.

Ha! That does explain how he can ride all those hours on that tiny bike seat. Still, I am disgusted by the mental picture of him groveling before Oprah or any other entertainment TV huckster. I really miss the days when people had shame. Shame was awesome.

LA didn't just dope like everybody else. He conducted a mafia like reign of terror to enforce and cover it up. He was very nasty to many associates and screwed a few such as one mechanic who helped him a lot who he promised to help open a bike shop. Lance was enfant terrible

So in the beggining a few months back I supported him thinking he just doped like all the top finishers....But it was a lot more than this. But if-when he comes on Oprah he will probably say he just did what the rest where

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posted on 01/09/2013 12:42:15 AM PST
by dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)

But its not even that kind of drugs is it? I mean we are talking about blood doping to win, not altering your state of mind on an addictive drug that makes you feel good all over. There should be clear-headed SHAME here. He should sulk away and lurk in the shadows of society feeling... you know... ashamed! But no, he wants to go be the center act in Oprah's three ring circus and freak show.

I can’t stand this guy and never could. I ALWAYS thought he was over rated and didn’t deserve the hero worship that he received. It is not one of those things where I liked him and then he screwed up and now I don’t like him. I never did. I thought he was very arrogant from day one. Trust me if he were nice from day one and I found him impressive and then he screwed up, I would still support him. However, I never supported him and never will. For example, I admire Tebow for his Christian lifestyle and the way he lives his life. If for some reason, he got a DUI or something, I would not bash him but pray for him and hope that he got help. Very different situation with Armstrong.

LeMond isn’t the “I told you so” type, I think. (Maybe I am wrong?) I think LeMond really felt that the drug situation was getting out of control, that the drugs were too good even... That the cyclists were no longer having “bad days.” The other question, naturally, is whether LeMond himself used PEDs. I like to think not. And, at the same time, in a great cat and mouse game, it appears Lance’s star fell not because of positive tests but because of other riders’ testimonies.

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